Electric percolator



F. KUHN AND J. A. HAND.

ELECTRIC PERCOLATOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21. l9l 8.

1,359,390. Patented Nov. 16,1920.

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(Imam F. KUHN AND J. A. HAND.

ELECTRIC PERCOLATOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21. l9l8.

1,359,390. Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

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ELECTRICAL HEATER COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

ELECTRIC PEECOLATOR.

'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK and A JAY A. HAND, both citizens of the United struction of an attachable States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Mich'i an, have invented certain new and usefulv mprovemen'ts in Electric Percolators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawhe invention relates to percolators-which are operated by electrical heat, and it is the object of the invention to rovide a constructicn which may be use with an ordinary coti'ee pot or other vessel not provided with the electrical equipment. To this end the invention comprises the con- 7 percolator unit as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings: i

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the unit as arranged in connection with a coffee P detached;

Fig. 3 is a section throu h the valve.

In the construction ofpercolators, it is usual to provide the bottom of the coffee-pot or other vessel with a hot well, from which the liquid is periodically ejected by vapor iressure and refilled by the cooler liquid.

t is therefore necessary to provide a special construction of pot which can be used only for the one purpose. It is frequentl desirable to make a larger quantity of co co than can be obtained by the vessel provided with the e uipment, which necessitates either the aban onment of the percolator or its use in successive operations. \Vith the present construction the percolator unit is independent of the vessel for containing the li uid, and therefore may be used in connection with vessels of varying size, as occasion demands.

Our improved construction comprises essentially a hot-well which is independent of the li uid-holding vessel and may be immerse therein, a container for the coffee or other material and valve-controlled connections through which the li uid is periodically admitted to the well an is ejected over the material in the container. There is also an electrical heating unit for the hot-well,

. coffee pot, and B is the tube extending in connection Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the unit which is protected from the liquid and is provided with suitable connections.

As specifically shown, A.is the perforated container for the coffee or other material, which is of a size to fit within an ordinary centrally through the container A, its ower portion forming the hot-well and being surrounded with a casing C containing the electrlcal heating unit. As the specific con- Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

struction of this heating unit is not essential to the present invention, we have. omitted showing the same. D is a conduit extending upward from the casing C and inclosing the electrical conductors, said conduit being attached to the side of the container A and extending laterally therefrom. E is a handle mounted on the laterally-esp vided at its outer ends with terminal, contacts F and F. tube B there is arranged an inlet controlling valve, this being preferably located in a separate casing G telescopically enga ing the tube B and containing the valve I is the perforated cover for the receptacle A, and J is the usual Iglass top for the font engaging the cover in use the unit may be carried by the;

handle Iii pot or other vessel of any size.

and placed'in an ordinary coffee Electrical At the lower end of the Y tending portion of the conduit D and proconnection is then made with the contacts F and F, which will cause the percolating action, and when this is complete the unit may be removed from the pot. In case the capacity of the container A is too small for the quantity of water in the pot, after the strength of the material is exhausted the unit may be removed, the container re-filled, the unit replaced and the action continued.

' What we claim as our invention is:

1. A percolator unit, comprising a fonttube, an inwardly-openino check-valve at the lower end thereof, an electrical heater adjacent to a portion of said tube above said valve, a liquid-proof casing for said heater and its connections, and a perforated receptacle secured to the upper end of said tu e and supporting the same in the liquid container.

2. A percolator unit comprising a container detachably mounted upon the open end of a liquid-holding container, and a tive relation to each other and adnpfied to font and hot-well suspended from szud firsthe detachably snspeluiled within a hquldmentioned container and in 0061 emtive reholding vessel. 10 lntion. In testimony whereof we aflix our signa- 5 3. A percolator unit comprising a contux-es.

miner for the material, a font and an rlec- FRANK KUHN.

trically heated hot Well mounted in opera-- 4 JAY A. HAND. 

